• 1Atlanta College Students Fear for Safety Day After 4 ShotTab 1
  • 2Executive Producers Codie and Tommy Oliver Talk ‘Black Love’Tab 2
  • 3Amazon Prime Miniseries ‘Free Meek’ Brings the Insanity of Robert Rihmeek Williams’ Life to LightTab 3
  • 4NNPA Makes Plans for the Future During Informal Gathering in Houston; Though it was not an official board of directors meeting, the two-day planning session and retreat in Houston included NNPA executive board members: NNPA Chair Karen Carter Richards; FiTab 4
  • 5California Now Has One of the Strongest Police Use-of-Force Laws in the Country; Thanks to the “Moral Strength” of Black Legislative Caucus Chair Shirley Weber Who Led EffortTab 5
Atlanta College Students Fear for Safety Day After 4 Shot

August 22, 2019 

By Jeff Martin 

Associated Press 

 

The first day of fall semester brought fear to Clark Atlanta University, where students worried about their safety the day after gunshots... Read more...

Executive Producers Codie and Tommy Oliver Talk ‘Black Love’

August 22, 2019 

By Saybin Roberson 

Contributing Writer 

 

The creators of “Black Love” on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Codie and Tommy Oliver are back to share more love as their family... Read more...

Amazon Prime Miniseries ‘Free Meek’ Brings the Insanity of Robert Rihmeek Williams’ Life to Light

August 22, 2019 

By Lapacazo Sandoval 

Contributing Writer

 

This is an unbelievable true story. It’s so outrageous that if a screenwriter had attempted to write this into a screenplay, they... Read more...

NNPA Makes Plans for the Future During Informal Gathering in Houston; Though it was not an official board of directors meeting, the two-day planning session and retreat in Houston included NNPA executive board members: NNPA Chair Karen Carter Richards; Fi

August 22, 2019 

By Stacy Brown 

NNPA Newswire Correspondent 

 

An informal gathering of National Newspaper Publishers Association board members and publishers has galvanized the 79-year-old... Read more...

California Now Has One of the Strongest Police Use-of-Force Laws in the Country; Thanks to the “Moral Strength” of Black Legislative Caucus Chair Shirley Weber Who Led Effort

August 22, 2019 

By Tanu Henry 

California Black Media 

 

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law one of the strongest measures in the country intended to deter police officers from killing civilians... Read more...

News

Another Black Man Targeted, Tasered and Beaten by Police; Incident Caught on Camera Months after Tragic Shooting of Black Woman in Same Texas City

Another Black Man Targeted, Tasered and Beaten by Police; Incident Caught on Camera Months after Tragic Shooting of Black Woman in Same Texas City

August 22, 2019  By Jeffrey L. Boney  NNPA Newswire Contributor    Police brutality…Will it ever end?   All eyes across the nation have been...

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Community

Congresswoman Maxine Waters Held a Public Hearing To Discuss the Homeless Epidemic of Los Angeles

Congresswoman Maxine Waters Held a Public Hearing To Discuss the Homeless Epidemic of Los Angeles

August 22, 2019  By Saybin Roberson  Contributing Writer    Wednesday, August 14, 2019, Congresswoman Maxine Waters held a hearing entitled, “Examining...

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Sports News

Pan Am Games Protesters Each Get 12 Months of Probation

Pan Am Games Protesters Each Get 12 Months of Probation

August 22, 2019  By Eddie Pells  Associated Press    The letters went to the two protesters. The message was meant for a much wider audience.   The...

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Arts & Culture

Stephanie Levi-John Gives a Face to Moors in Starz ‘The Spanish Princess’

Stephanie Levi-John Gives a Face to Moors in Starz ‘The Spanish Princess’

August 22, 2019  By Lapacazo Sandoval  Contributing Writer    African-Caribbean Actress Stephanie Levi-John, 30, has a crisp, British accent and...

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